Julien Regnard has released a new version much-discussed Sharp Tires Mod for Need for Speed Shift that aims to overhaul Shift’s tire physics and force feedback.
The new version has been announced to be the final version of the mod that has been praised for making driving in Shift more realistic and enjoyable.
Features:
– It replaces all racing tyres (not drifting!), to obtain a more realistic tyre behaviour
– Each tyre is scaled to the weight/power of the car….tyres for more powerful cars are more performant but less forgivin.
– AI bungee cord behavior is removed thanks to a part of Goffik AI overhaul mod.
– AI is adjusted for the new tyres, AI drivers personality are all “calm experts” and AI agressivity is removed to allow clean racing.
– It avoids the brake bias bug (in default shift all cars madly oversteer under braking because the brake repartition is wrong). This allows to have a proper handling and use advanced driving techniques like lift off oversteer.
– It replaces controller profiles for better FFB.
– It boosts steering thanks to a dll to remove in-game steering lag.
– It removes some upgrades (turbo, brakes) which were overdimensionned and made the cars undriveable and prevented the AI from driving cleanly.
– These upgrades can still be bought to allow reaching works level but don’t have any effect.
The mod requires the latest version of Need for Speed Shift (1.02) to be installed, it works both with packed and unpacked versions of the game. Make sure to check out the mod’s readme file for more info and recommended settings to make most of the physic changes.
Update: Julien has decided to stop distribution of his mod, the download is no longer available.
Download Need for Speed Shift Sharp Tires Mod 5.0 Here
